公开(公告)号：US20180197161A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-12

申请号：US15857305

申请日：2017-12-28

Applicant: INGRAM MICRO INC.

Inventor： Maxim Kuzkin ,  Vladimir Zatsepin ,  Pavel Khodos ,  Oleg Melnikov

IPC: G06Q20/14 ,  G06Q20/10 ,  G06Q30/04 ,  G06Q30/02

CPC classification number: G06Q20/145 ,  G06Q20/00 ,  G06Q20/102 ,  G06Q30/0283 ,  G06Q30/04

Abstract: A system for multi-layered billing in a cloud service brokerage is provided, including at least one service vendor configured to provide software services, a cloud service broker, at least one transaction mediator, at least one downstream subscriber, where the cloud service broker receives service vendor pricing rules, service vendor billing rules, downstream subscriber pricing rules, and downstream subscriber billing rules, the cloud service broker further configured to apply the service vendor pricing rules and the service vendor billing rules, and to calculate settlements and perform reconciliations. A method of multi-layered billing in a cloud service brokerage is also provided, the method includes configuring a software service, integrating software services to create integrated software services, establishing a communication provisioning channel, monitoring using at least one transaction mediator the integrated software services, creating a subscription to the integrated software services, receiving service vendor pricing rules, service vendor billing rules, downstream subscriber pricing rules, and downstream subscriber billing rules, applying the service vendor pricing rules and the service vendor billing and calculating and performing settlements and reconciliations.

公开(公告)号：US20180232786A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-16

申请号：US15954238

申请日：2018-04-16

Applicant: Ingram Micro Inc.

Inventor： Maxim Kuzkin ,  Vladimir Zatsepin ,  Pavel Khodos ,  Oleg Melnikov ,  Vladimir Grebenschikov ,  Andrey Bolotov ,  Sergey Ulitsky ,  Gleb Averchyk ,  Fedor Kolesnikov ,  Evgeniy Likhtanskiy

IPC: G06Q30/04 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q20/08 ,  G06Q20/12 ,  H04L29/08

CPC classification number: G06Q30/04 ,  G06Q20/0855 ,  G06Q20/123 ,  G06Q20/145 ,  G06Q30/0609 ,  H04L67/10

Abstract: Many software vendors offer their software via online service platforms. In one embodiment of a software services distribution system, a cloud services broker is used. A cloud services broker is an organization that acts as an intermediary between subscribers/end users and SaaS vendors. Billing in a cloud services broker system is managed through the cloud services broker because the cloud services broker is the only entity capable of managing the many relationships in such a software distribution system. However, revenue matching and settlement may be problematic. For example, the complexities of billing in a cloud broker system arise because of the intermingling of the types of SaaS vendors, the influence of resellers, and the various billing schemes offered by each of these entities. Implementing such a billing scheme must account for the variations in billing rules and billing schemes from the entities throughout the hierarchy (i.e. SaaS vendors, resellers, sub-resellers, etc.). Furthermore, there may be a disparity between billing rules from upstream entities (e.g. SaaS vendors) and downstream entities (e.g. resellers), whereby billing imposed on subscriber end users based on one particular entity billing scheme is inappropriate. The present disclosure relates to an improved system and method for matching revenue streams in a cloud service broker platform.